In fact, his winning margin in the Electoral College is on the other end of the historical spectrum, far closer to the narrowest win in history than to the widest.

Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," Trump claimed that "We had a massive landslide victory, as you know, in the Electoral College." Hillary Clinton, he said, is "down to a very low number." He added that Democrats "suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this country."

In this Dec. 9, 2016, photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally, in Grand Rapids, Mich. In claiming that he scored ¿a massive landslide victory¿ in last month¿s presidential election, Trump turned history upside down. In fact, his winning margin in the Electoral College is on the other end of the historical spectrum, far closer to the narrowest win in history than to the widest. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

The final Electoral College margin was Trump 306, Clinton 232, for a winning percentage of just under 57 percent. That ranks this year's outcome as the 13th-closest of the 58 presidential elections in U.S. history, according to a tally by Claremont McKenna College political scientist John Pitney.

Barack Obama won both of his presidential elections with bigger Electoral College margins: 61 percent in 2008 and 62 percent in 2012. Trump's margin was narrower than all but two of the last 10 presidential elections — those of George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004.

Among history's true Electoral College landslides: Franklin Roosevelt with 98 percent of the electoral votes in 1936, Ronald Reagan with 97.6 percent in 1984 and 90.9 percent in 1980, Abraham Lincoln with 91 percent in 1864 and Lyndon Johnson with 90 percent in 1964. And George Washington rolled up 100 percent in both of his elections.

Even Harry Truman edged Trump's performance with just over 57 percent of the electoral votes in 1948. Truman's loss had been so widely expected that the close race produced the famously erroneous headline "Dewey Defeats Truman" in the Chicago Daily Tribune.

As of Monday, Clinton held a lead in the popular vote of more than 2.6 million votes, a margin over Trump of about 2 percentage points. Tuesday is the deadline for states to certify their final election results.

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks in Grand Rapids, Mich. Trump says he¿ll reduce the costs of the Pentagon¿s most expensive weapons program, Lockheed Martin¿s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, after he takes office. The president-elect tweeted Monday that the ¿F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th.¿
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)